Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

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Rouge at YUL under a rainbow

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Flight AC008 at HKG, the flight left just before Typhoon Koinu arrived.

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Fin 416 in new Jetz livery

Found in 'Horizons' magazine

Issue dated April 1981 

Quebec rocks and rolls.

In 1981 the Quebec City ACRA chapter held a rock 'n' roll party as part of its winter carnival festivities.

In this photo from the left: Michel Marticotte, Sylvie Rochette, Andre Claveau, new ACRA President; Sylvie Rochette and Jacques Rochette. 

Yes, there were two 'Sylvie Rochettes' in Quebec City, they were married to brothers.

Issue dated October 1994

A beautiful entrance into Japan.

After a 35-year wait, members of the Air Canada team finally saw the maple leaf fly to Japan, as the inaugural flight 891 arrived in Osaka on September 21, 1994.

Hollis Harris (centre) poses with four members of the crew who operated inaugural flight.

They also participated in a press conference announcing the introduction of our daily service with the brand new A340 aircraft, beginning in June 1995.

From left to right: Captains George McKay and Jim Griffith, and Flight Attendants Takako Toriumi and Alain Grenier. 

Air Canada float wins in Osaka parade.

The Air Canada 'Dreams Take Flight' float won second prize in the international category at the Midosuji Parade in Osaka on October 9. 

Close to 1.26 million spectators attended the parade in which 12,000 participants from 15 countries were directly involved. A total of 33 floats could be seen.

The Air Canada float was built by the Calgary-based team of Ray Rutherford, Earl Fried and Vivian Lloyd.

Anne Kassoff and some of her in-flight crew members rode on the float and walked alongside of it. Japanese and Canadian kids along with their parents were also part of the Air Canada float to support the theme of the parade - "Bringing the world together".

Sherry Oliver, Lead Customer Service Agent, Los Angeles celebrates her 25th service anniversary with colleagues.

Front row, left to right: Customer Service Agents Berit Vickter, Sherry Oliver and Diane Kelly.

Back row, left to right: David Burke, Manager, Customer Service; Jim Cordero, Customer Service Agent; Myrna Lawrence, Lead Training Instructor and Miguel Morales, Customer Service Agent.

They did it!

A celebration was held to say "thank you" to Technical Operations and Purchasing and Supply teams for their hard work in delivering Projects Value and Image.

About 250 people worked on the projects. Close to 28 aircraft were repainted and 76 interiors converted.

In our photo are from left to right: Kevin Timmons, A/Material Planner; Hunter Lee, Engineer; Lois Pickard, Acting Supply Coordinator; John Dickie, Vice President, Technical Operations; Jean-Jacques Bourgeault, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; Ray Poulin, Foreman; Jean Trépanier, Foreman; Lamar Durrett, Executive Vice President, Technical Operations/Corporate Services; Luc Lavoie, Mechanic; Mauricio Emergui, Mechanic and Yves Théroux, Certificated Aircraft Technician.